Las Vegas Delta airline passengers stuck in cabin for hours in 100+ degree heat
When Derek Clarke first took his seat on Delta’s flight 555 from Las Vegas to Atlanta on Monday, he noticed that the cabin felt toasty. The temperature outside was in the triple digits that afternoon as a prolonged and record-breaking heatwave choked much of the Southwest.Maybe the plane’s air conditioning hadn’t come on yet, he thought briefly before slipping on his headphones and scrolling through the movie selections.But the situation deteriorated, with some passengers and crew falling ill and ending with a canceled…